Title :
All-optical OOK to 16QAM modulation format conversion employing nonlinear optical fiber loop mirror
Author :
Huang, Guoxiu ; Miyoshi, Yuji ; Yoshida, Yuki ; Maruta, Akihiro ; Kitayama, Ken-ichi
Author_Institution :
Grad. Sch. of Eng., Osaka Univ., Suita, Japan
Abstract :
We propose a novel all-optical modulation format conversion scheme from on-off-keying to 16 quadrature amplitude modulation using nonlinear optical loop mirror based on parametric amplification and cross-phase modulation in optical fibers.
Keywords :
amplitude shift keying; mirrors; optical communication equipment; optical fibres; optical modulation; optical parametric amplifiers; phase modulation; quadrature amplitude modulation; 16 quadrature amplitude modulation; 16QAM modulation; all optical OOK; format conversion; nonlinear optical fiber loop mirror; on-off-keying; optical fiber cross phase modulation; optical fiber parametric amplification; Clocks; Nonlinear optics; Optical fibers; Optical modulation; Phase shift keying; Probes;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2011 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0213-6
